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Meenoplid Pygmy Planthopper

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

Nisia species, very similar to N. nervosa. Tiny, only a few millimeters long. Light gray. You can see that it has a pair of short antennae below its eyes.

Habitat:

Attracted to the night light in Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Meenoplidae are found in Old World tropics and subtropics.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy: 5m. More than 100 species of Meenoplidae has been described. They are closely related to Kinnaridae.
http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/6034.pdf

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